Sanitary shaving-brush and container therefor.



H. B. RODGERS;

SANITARY SHAVING BRUSH AND CONTAINER THEREFOR. APPLICATION HLED JUNE l5.1915.

'1 ,Qfifi, 160. Patented May 14, 1918.

- ilhlfTED @TAZIES HARRY B. RODGERS,

OF CHAMBERSBUBG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY SHAVING-BR-USH AND CONTAINER THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented May 14, 1918.

Application filed June 15, 1915. Serial No. 34,274.

1 b all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, IIARRY B. RODGERS, acitizen of the United States, residing at hambersburg, in the county ofFrankhn and State of Pennsylvanimhave invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sanitary Shaving-Brushes and Containers 'llherefor, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles and more particularly to asanitary shaving mug and has as its object to provide an artiole of thisclass which may be discarded after having been once used and which maybe manufactured in large quantities at a low cost. i I

An aim of theinvention is to provide an article of this class in whichthe body of the mug may be repeatedly used without, however. in any wayrendering the article insanitary, the body itself being constructed ofsuch material as to be capable of sterilization.

The invention aims further to so construct the holder or body portion ofthe mug that, when the container portion is disposed wlthin the holderor body portion, the said container portion will be causedto assume theshape of a cup in which the lather may be produced. A v

In the accompanying drawingsr Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating the article embodying the present invention in conditionfor use.

Fig 2 is a perspective view of one of the container portions of the mugseparated from the other portions of its kind and in condition forinsertion into the holder or body portion of themug, the said figureillustrating also the said holder or body portion of the mug. r

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the mug incondition for use, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4:.

Fig. at is a perspective view of the completed mug.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

ll hile the body portion or holder of the mug may assume various formswithout departing from the spirit of the invention, the same preferablycomprises a hollow cylindrical body 1 which may be of metal, glass, orany other material which may be readily cleansed and sterilized, andthis body is provided in its upper portion with a number of downwardlyextending kerfs 2 which are substantially V-shaped, or, in other words,restricted in width of their lower ends. In the present instance, thebody 1 is illustrated as formed with four such kerfs equidistantlyspaced, although a. greater or less number may be provided if founddesirable. That portion of the wall of the body 1 between each two ofthe kerfs is turned outwardly to form an outwardly extending lip 3, thelip at the line of juncture of the said portion presenting a roundedsurface, indicated at 4, so as to permit of the more ready insertion,into the upper end of the support or body. of the container portion ofthe said mug. It is also preferable that the edges of the portions whichlie between the kerfs or, in other words, the walls of the kerfs berounded or smooth for the same purpose, and it will be under stood thatthe body 1' may be of any desired diameter and type and that the kerfsmay be of any desired depth. j

Each of the container portions of the mug is preferably in the 'natureof a sheet 5 ofsuitable material, as for example, paper or parchment ofrectangular or any other suitableoutline and these portions arepreferably; prepared and .,-placed upon the market in a seriescomprising a continuous strip of paper perforated along transverselines, as indicated by the numeral 6, whereby the portions may besuccessively severed from others of their kind prior to use. Inpractice, the strip comprising a number of the sheets 5 is folded backand forth along the lines of perforations 6 in the manner clearly shown,and between each two of the sheets there may be placed a sanitary brushcomprising a tuft 7 of bristles or fibrous strands held assembled by ahead 8 of any suitable construction and of any suitable material. Oneentire side or face of the strip is provided with a coating 9 ofparaftin or any other suitable substance capable of rendering thematerial of the strip impervious to water, and consequently each of theportions or sheets 5 will have a waterproof or parafiined face or sideIn order that the portions 5 may be readily placed. within the upper endof the holder or body 1 of the mug, each individual sheet or portion isscored, as at 10, along lines extendi ng inwardly at the corners thereofto points gradually in the direction adjacent the center of the sheetandwhile these scores may extend entirely to the center, it ispreferable that they terminate short of the center so that the centralportion of the sheet will not be liable to crease or fold when the sheetis inserted into the holder. As before stated, the holder 1 is to berepeatedly used and in preparing the mug for use, one of the sheets 5 isseparated from the pack by tearing along the lines of perforationsconnecting it and the next adjacent sheet, and the sheet is thendisposed upon the top of the holder with the score lines 10 extendingabove the throats of the kerfs 2 in the wall of the holder and with thecentral portion of the sheet located at the mouth of the said holder andpressure is then exerted in a downward direction up on the said centralportion of the sheet, causing the sheet to fold along the score lines 10and its folds to engage the kerfs '2 until reaching the lower ends ofthe said lrerfs. lVhen this has been done the sheet 5 will have assumedthe condition shown in Figs. 3 and 4: of the drawings or, in otherwords, will have assumed the shape of a cup of approximately rectangularform. It will he understood that the walls of the kerfs 2 serve to causesuch folding of the sheet and that the marginal portions of the sheetmay be pressed over the lips 3 in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and e ofthe drawings, so as to protect the lips and prevent any lather or waterfrom the container touching the holder 1. After the mug has thus beenformed. a suitable quantity of shaving powder or shaving cream may beplaced within the mug and lather produced in the ordinary manner. llhile it is desirable that each of the sheets 5 be scored as indicated bythe numeral 10, these score lines may be omitted if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A shaving mug including a holder comprising a hollow body provided inits wall *ith spaced. lterfs, and a sheet of material designed to beinserted within the end of the holder and to have port-ions folded bythe walls of the kerfs and its folded por tions received within thekerfs.

2. A shaving mug including a hollow holder provided, in its wall at oneend with a plurality of kerfs, and a sheet of material ha ing radialscores, the said sheet of material being designed to be disposed at theend of the said holder and depressed at its'mid-portion, whereby theportions of the sheet adjacent and at opposite sides of the scores willbe brought together within the said kerfs.

3.- A shaving mug including a holder comprising a hollow body providedat intervals in its wall at one end with kerfs and between the kerfsbeing provided at its said end with lips projecting outwardly therefromand a sheet of material designed to be disposed upon the said end of thecon tainer and depressed within the container and to be folded by thewalls of the kerfs and to have its folds received within the said kerfs.

at. A shaving mug including a holder comprising a hollow body providedat one end with spaced portions having their upper ends outturned toform lips and a sheet of material designed to be disposed upon the saidlips and to have its mid-portion depressed whereby the sheet will befolded by contact with the edges of the said upstanding portions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY B. nonenss. 1 s] healer; at this patent was he obtained for fivecents each, by addressing the finoinmissioncr of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

